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Americans arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York described a stressful journey home after being stranded in Dubai amid heightened tensions in the region
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Exclusive: Indian refiners are buying millions of barrels of prompt Russian crude oil cargoes as the South Asian nation seeks to navigate an oil supply crunch triggered by the Middle East reut.rs/4bs6Adq
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Ousting Kristi Noem from DHS is a chance to reboot deportations in more targeted fashion.
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2/ Other Russian officials are using US military operations against Iran to harshly criticize the United States and rhetorically place Russia and the United States in opposition and discredit US-led negotiations in Ukraine.
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3/ The escalation in Kremlin rhetoric against the United States following the start of US-Israeli operations against Iran on February 28 indicates that the Kremlin may be increasingly struggling to balance preserving relations with the United States and preserving relations with its partners as the operations against Iran continue. Russia may also use these direct criticisms of the United States as a negotiating partner to exculpate itself from the future failure of negotiations on the war in Ukraine.
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MORE: Kremlin officials are criticizing the United States for military operations against Iran and are using the escalation in the Middle East to set conditions to blame the United States for any future failures in negotiations for a peace in Ukraine. 🧵(1/3)Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine will support US air defense efforts against Iranian Shahed drone strikes in the Middle East. Key Takeaways ⬇️
Ukraine has years of experience defending against almost nightly large-scale Russian drone and missile strike packages, which have included Iranian-origin strike drones much like those the United States currently faces in the Middle East, and reportedly has a 90 percent interception rate of such drones.
Kremlin officials are criticizing the United States for military operations against Iran and are using the escalation in the Middle East to set conditions to blame the United States for any future failures in negotiations for a peace in Ukraine.
Other Russian officials are using US military operations against Iran to harshly criticize the United States and rhetorically place Russia and the United States in opposition and discredit US-led negotiations in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a routine decree on March 4, marginally increasing the authorized end strength of the Russian military as part of the ongoing Russian military reforms. The extension of the Russian Armed Forces’ end strength is likely linked to the expansion of the Russian force structure announced under then-Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in January 2023, as the formation of new Russian military districts, formations, and subordinate units requires more personnel to fully staff them. The March 4 decree is therefore unlikely to impact the battlefield situation in Ukraine in the immediate term, and is more likely oriented towards Russia’s long-term efforts to bolster its force for future conflicts, including with NATO.
Russian authorities arrested a fourth deputy of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, continuing the long-standing Kremlin campaign to remove personnel loyal to Shoigu and neutralize his influence within the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
Ukrainian forces may have targeted oil infrastructure in Saratov Oblast overnight on March 4 to 5.
Ukrainian strikes on March 1 to 2 have reportedly rendered a Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate unable to launch missiles.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area.— https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2029719736653955278
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